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Adamclisi – Talking History
The inscription
The reconstitution of this votive inscription by Grigore Tocilescu was of great interest for dating the monument back to emperor Traian’s time and for establishing its close association with the Daco-Roman epopee. The inscription reads:
TO MARS, THE GOD OF WAR, CAESAR THE EMPEROR, SON OF DIVINE NERVA, NERVA TRAIAN, THE AUGUSTUS, WHO DEFEATED THE GERMANICS, THE DACIANS, GREAT PRIEST, FOR THE 13TH TIME TRIBUNE OF THE PLEBEIANS, PROCLAMED EMPEROR BY THE ARMY FOR THE 6TH TIME, ELECTED CONSUL FOR THE 5TH TIME FATHER OF OUR HOME-LAND, AFTER DEFEATING THE DACIANS AND THE SARMATIANS ARMIES, an so on…
The trophy
The trophy consists of five superposed tambours of about 4 m height, to whom there is added the Trophy of about 5 m height. This is dressed in the costume and the armor of a Roman soldier. The statue as whole was imposing by its nature and intimated the idea of domination. The helmet was lost. To the right and left on the armor the image of Medusa appeared. Behind the breast plates there were spears, now lost, too.
On the cuirass there were carved: a large acanthus flower, a galloping cavalry soldier, an eagle with outstretched wings and a shielded sword. Finally at the base of the trophy there were represented there captives, two sitting women and a standing man having his hands tight up behind. The whole statuary group symbolizes the Geto-Dacian submission, event commemorated by the triumphal monument.
Author: Irina Neacsu
Photos by: Monica Dragan
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